THE WINTER SHOW.

Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 10

THE WINTER SHOW.

THE SCHEDULE ISSUED

"We have received from the secretary of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society the schedule of prizes for the coming wrnter show, which is to open in Dunedin on Wednesday, June 6. The prize list is very complete, and the schedule neatly got up. Several large prizes are given this year as an encouragement to exhibitors at the winter carnival. For the county bays Messrs Duth c Bros. 1 trophy, valued at 35gs, is still to be competed for, and, in addition to this, tne society offers a first prize of 15gs, a second of lOgs, a third of sgs, and a fourth of sgs, as well as the sum of £20 donated to each county competing, towards defraying the cost of erecting the stands. With these handsome additional prizes the committee feels confident that keen competition will result. A handsome trophy of J2sgs, in the form of a cup, has been presented by the Union S.S. Company of New Zealand for the best exhibit of export cheese (scwt). The Wyndham Dairy Factory Company (Ltd), winners of the Taieri and Peninsula Milk Supply Company's trophy, offers a cup, valued at 25gs, for the best three boxes of factory butter most suitable for export. In addition to this, large prizes are given by the society for this class. The Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company offers a special prize of sgs to the exhibitor gaining the largest number of points in bread and scones, a substantial prize being also donated by the- society for these interesting classes.

To encourage the managers of dairy factories in Canterbury, Otago, and Southland to give special care and attention to the manufacture of cheese and butter, the shipping companies and the society offer the sum of £400 as special prizes, to be distributed over a period of five years. These prizes are awarded to the cheese and butter makers whose factory output for the season gains the highest average number of points according to the certificate issued by the Government graders. From the large number of entries received by the secretary, very considerable interest will be taken by all visitors to the show, these exhibits being most instructive and of educational value. With a, view also to encouraging one of the largest exports of the colony— namely, wool, the committee have added a large number of classes for three fleeces of merino, halfbred, three-quarterbred, and crossbred woo!, to be judged on a scale of points, and for these classes, in addition to the prizes given by the society, several valuable special prizes are donated by Messrs Munay, Roberts and Co., Dalgety and Co., Stronach, Morris and Co., and Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.), and it is hoped that an attractive display of wool will this year be made. A new section has also been added to this year's schedule of prizes, consisting 1 of classes for garden pioduce exhibited by boys and girl 8, a school competition for best collection of vegetables grrpwa in school 2r.oun.d3 by,

scholars under the supervision of the schoolmaters, a-s well as classes open for boys or girls for best collection of dried ferns, best collection of named agricultural seeds, best collection oi foliage of native trees and shrubs, and pot plants (foliage or flower), not to exceed sis distinct varieties. The committee feels confident titat "bj the addition of these classes, for boys and girls that very great interest will be- taken by the younger members of the communify^and th.ai attractive displays will be the result of these extra classes in the schedule of prizes. The large and spacious Brydone Hall is now completed, and, with this additional space, ample room will be provided for all exhibitors.